Please find Central Yorkshire Scouts’ response to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic on this page, along with other useful resources from the Charity Commission, Public Health England, the Government and the Scouts UK.

Bramhope & Aldwark Activity Centres

In line with all Scouting, both Bramhope and Aldwark Activity Centres are currently closed. Booking parties affected by the closure will be contacted directly. We can assure all booking parties who have paid deposits that they will not be lose any of these monies. We would be pleased if you could carry your deposits forward to a future booking rather than asking for refunds. When Scouting does recommence we would hope to start welcoming groups within the next 6 weeks. As the time comes closer, more information will be provided as to the re-opening.

HQ/Scout Information Centre/Safeguarding

The Scout Information Centre will only be able to deal with emails and web chat until further notice. As you can imagine, they are experiencing an unprecedented level of enquiries at the moment, so please use the Government guidance as your primary reference where possible.

Training

All Training courses are suspended until further notice as we currently are unable to host face-to-face meetings due to COVID-19. The County Training team are looking at ways to try and run some of the Modules online using Zoom or Teams. Keep an eye out on the County Website and Leaders Facebook pages for further details.

Coronavirus: Resources For Children And Parents

Coronavirus – How to support someone grieving

The bereavement organisation, https://www.cruse.org.uk/ has a variety variety of resources available for supporting people of all ages with loss, which may become useful as we continue to support our young people and each other during these difficult times.

County Office

The County Office is closed. Cathryn will be working from home during the hours of Monday-Thursday, 9.30am-2.30pm and can be contacted on the usual email address cathryn.atkinson@cycscouts.org.uk. For the time being, there is no telephone number.

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